William FitzMartin was married to Rhys's daughter Angharad, and, according to Giraldus, Rhys " had solemnly sworn, by the most precious relics, that his indemnity and security should be faithfully maintained ".

* Rhys's daughter Gwenllian ferch Rhys married Rhodri ab Owain, prince of the western part of Gwynedd.

Rhys's daughter Nest became the mistress of King Henry I of England and allegedly was mother of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester who married Mabel, Fitzhamon's daughter and heiress and thus had legitimacy both among the Welsh and the Norman barons .< ref >

Rhys's grandfather, Rhys ap Tewdwr, was king of Deheubarth, and was killed at Brecon in 1093 by Bernard de Neufmarche.

Rhys's father, Gruffydd ap Rhys, was eventually able to become ruler of a small portion, and more territory was won back by Rhys's older brothers after Gruffydd's death.

Among the Normans who returned to their holdings was Walter de Clifford, who reclaimed Cantref Bychan, then invaded Rhys's lands in Cantref Mawr.

Rhys's other son, Hywel, was not among the victims.

Rhys's son, Hywel, who had been held as a hostage for many years, was returned to him.

Giraldus suggests that Rhys's incarceration in Nevern castle was divine vengeance for the dispossession of William FitzMartin.

In 1053 Edward ordered the assassination of the south Welsh prince, Rhys ap Rhydderch in reprisal for a raid on England, and Rhys's head was delivered to him.

Rhys's grandson Rhys ap Gruffudd fell out of favour and was executed by Henry VIII for treason in 1531.

In 1979, the title story from Rhys's collection was adapted into a UK-produced short film, directed by Hussein Shariffe.

In 1944 and 1945 drafts of Robert Graves's The White Goddess were published in Keidrych Rhys's periodical, Wales.

The story centers around an elf outcast named Rhys who has triggered a series of events foreseen by his mentor, Colfenor, and a flamekin pilgrim named Ashling who believes her path and Rhys's are the same.

Jean Rhys's 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea plays with the idea that a woman can become lost in her own society and thus driven out of her mind, à la Charlotte Brontë's mad woman in the attic.

* Gruff Rhys's " Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru " from the album Candylion ( 2006 )

Rhys's title turns Conrad's on its head: instead of a journey from England to the dark depths of savagery in colonial Africa, it is in England that Anna travels through darkness and despair, while the colonized West Indies are depicted as places of light and innocence.

On Rhys's death in 1197 his sons, Maelgwn and Gruffydd, disputed their inheritance resulting in Maelgwn surrendering Gruffydd to the Normans and selling the castle to King John.

Several of Rhys's children, including Gruffydd and Maelgwn, were buried at Strata Florida Abbey.

The leadership of the family now passed to Rhys's half-brother Anarawd ap Gruffydd.

Torrential rain forced Henry's army to retreat in disorder without fighting a major battle, and Henry vented his spleen on the hostages, having Rhys's son Maredudd blinded.

Davies also notes two flaws in Rhys's achievement.

A bitter feud developed between the two, with several of Rhys's other sons becoming involved.

Caught in an oppressive patriarchal society in which she belongs neither to the white Europeans nor the black Jamaicans, Rhys's novel re-imagines Brontë's devilish madwoman in the attic.

Rhys's son Gruffydd inherited some of Deheubarth, but Rhys's death led to the Normans taking over much of the kingdom, with Gruffydd being left to rule a much smaller area.

* The former slave, Christophine, in Jean Rhys's novel Wide Sargasso Sea is a practitioner of Obeah.

* Preface, p. xiii, to: ( possibly this is Sir John Rhys's foreword )

The band were named after author Jean Rhys's 1931 novel After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie.

He was a maternal nephew of David fitzGerald, the Bishop of St David's and a grandson of Gerald de Windsor ( alias FitzWalter ), Constable of Pembroke Castle, and Nest the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr.

( Margaret was the daughter of Dafydd Fychan, Lord of Anglesey, and his wife, Nest ferch Ieuan.

His mother may have been the Welsh princess Nest ferch Rhys, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr.

Nest ferch Rhys ( b. c. 1085-d. before 1136 ) was the only legitimate daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last King of Deheubarth, by his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys.

" An infuriated Owain then raped Nest in front of her children — either her two sons and daughter and Gerald's son by a concubine ; or Gerald's two sons by a concubine and Nest's two sons ; or any other variant — following which Owain abducted Nest and her children, and took them to a hunting lodge by the Eglwyseg Rocks north of the Vale of Llangollen.

He married Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of the Mathrafal dynasty of Powys, by whom he had four sons, Gruffudd, Hywel ap Rhys, Goronwy and Cadwgan, and a daughter Nest ( who married Gerald de Windsor Constable of Pembroke, progenitors of the FitzGerald and de Barry dynasties of Ireland.

This Nest is identified as the daughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn by his wife Edith of Mercia, herself granddaughter of Leofric, Earl of Mercia possibly by his wife Godiva ( or Godgifu ).

: Main character of the series, Misaki is the 18 year old Japanese daughter of a former officer who served and died on Watcher's Nest.

* Nest, daughter of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Ealdgyth

He married Sibyl de Neufmarché, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon and Nest, granddaughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, in 1121.

In 1987 he made a guest appearance on " The Golden Girls " as Jake Smollens, the handsome but rough-around-the edges caterer for Blanche's ( Rue McClanahan ) Hospital Charity Banquet, and in 1988 he guest appeared on " Empty Nest " as Leonard, an old friend of the main character, Dr. Harry Weston ( played by fellow Soap alumnus, Richard Mulligan ), who dates Harry's daughter, Carol ( Dinah Manoff, who also has appeared on Soap ).

He was a son of the famous Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, the last king of Deheubarth ( South Wales ).

Merfyn allied his own royal family with that of Powys by marrying Nest, daughter or sister of King Cadell ap Brochwel.